Influencing Skills Job Trends in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Influencing Skills in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Influencing Skills over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 137 152
Rank change year-on-year +47 +15 +23
Permanent jobs citing Influencing Skills 45 28 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.95% 1.05% 0.54%
As % of the General category 3.25% 1.54% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 25 8 10
10th Percentile £71,500 £50,000 £59,942
25th Percentile £80,000 £57,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £76,250 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% +5.17% -6.30%
75th Percentile - £101,875 £87,375
90th Percentile £99,500 £109,750 £100,725
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +17.24% -6.30%

All General Skills
City of London

Influencing Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,384 1,822 1,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 59.99% 68.63% 61.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,014 1,124 1,531
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,825 £39,085
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,125
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -

Influencing Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Influencing Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Influencing Skills job vacancy trend in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Influencing Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Influencing Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Influencing Skills in the City of London

Influencing Skills
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Influencing Skills within the City of London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 1 £112,500 -
Influencing Skills
Central London

Influencing Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 14 (31.11%) Azure
2 9 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (4.44%) AWS
3 2 (4.44%) GCP
3 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.22%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (2.22%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 9 (20.00%) Data Lake
3 2 (4.44%) Power BI
4 1 (2.22%) MySQL
General
1 39 (86.67%) Finance
2 34 (75.56%) Social Skills
3 23 (51.11%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (28.89%) Advertising
4 13 (28.89%) Marketing
5 8 (17.78%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (11.11%) Law
7 2 (4.44%) Back Office
7 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Retail
8 1 (2.22%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 24 (53.33%) Senior
2 15 (33.33%) Senior Manager
3 13 (28.89%) Business Development Manager
3 13 (28.89%) Business Manager
3 13 (28.89%) Development Manager
3 13 (28.89%) Senior Business Development Manager
3 13 (28.89%) Senior Business Manager
3 13 (28.89%) Senior Development Manager
4 9 (20.00%) Analyst
4 9 (20.00%) Business Analyst
4 9 (20.00%) Data Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Senior Data Engineer
5 8 (17.78%) Data Analyst
5 8 (17.78%) Data Business Analyst
5 8 (17.78%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 4 (8.89%) Head of Strategy
7 2 (4.44%) Head of Architecture
7 2 (4.44%) Head of Digital
7 2 (4.44%) Head of Engineering
7 2 (4.44%) Senior Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.22%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (57.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (51.11%) Agile
3 14 (31.11%) Business Development
3 14 (31.11%) Coaching
3 14 (31.11%) Mentoring
4 13 (28.89%) B2B
4 13 (28.89%) Creative Thinking
4 13 (28.89%) Decision-Making
4 13 (28.89%) Digital Marketing
5 10 (22.22%) Data Management
5 10 (22.22%) Migration
5 10 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 9 (20.00%) Business Analysis
6 9 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (20.00%) Data Modelling
6 9 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
6 9 (20.00%) ETL
6 9 (20.00%) ETL Development
6 9 (20.00%) Process Improvement
7 8 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.67%) SQL
2 10 (22.22%) Python
3 9 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.44%) GDPR
3 2 (4.44%) ISO 9001
3 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
Vendors
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (22.22%) Databricks
3 2 (4.44%) Google
3 2 (4.44%) Oracle
3 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.22%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (2.22%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce